THE HIEROGLYPHICS ON CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.

(The central columns were cut by Thothmes III., the side columns by Rameses II. The Inscriptions at the base of each side are much mutilated, and those on the Pyramidion are not shown in the Plate.)

BY-PATHS OF BIBLE KNOWLEDGE.

I.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE:

A HISTORY OF THE LONDON OBELISK,

WITH AN

EXPOSITION OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS.

BY THE
REV. JAMES KING, M.A.,
AUTHORIZED LECTURER TO THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.

“The Land of Egypt is before thee.”—Gen. xlvii. 6.

LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
56, Paternoster Row, 65, St. Paul’s Churchyard,
And 164, Piccadilly.

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